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14 de may. de 2022 · JOHN42768 Discussion starter. 20 posts · Joined 2014. #1 · May 14, 2022. Hi, recent purchase that started life in 1849 and served through the Civil War at least. Collection - Colt 1st Model Dragoon Revolver, served in many conflicts and possibly (unofficially) under different flags | Small Arms & Ammunition. Enjoy, John.
Colt's Dragoons were the .44 percussion revolvers that followed the Walker model. About 7,000 First Model Dragoons were made from 1848 to 1850. A number of Dragoons were brought to California by gold rush participants and in San Francisco, a Colt Dragoon could sell for more than $400 in gold.
Dragoon revolvers evolved as improvements on the Colt Walker. Eli Whitney manufactured the first run of 1848 Dragoons for Samuel Colt. The Dragoon revolvers weighed less and had shorter cylinders and improved loading levers. The gunmakers continued to make small improvements that set each Dragoon model apart.
With about 7,000 1st Models produced between 1848-1850, this .44 caliber six-shooter was issued to the U.S. Dragoons and was a favorite with the Texas Rangers. Famed Ranger Ben McCulloch packed a 1st Model Dragoon in his pre-Civil War years, and Dragoons of various models were sought after by the '49ers--good and bad--in the California gold fields.
The .44 caliber 1848 Colt Dragoon – 1st Model steel framed revolver with blued 7-1/2″ barrel features oval shaped cylinder notches. This model has P grade Walnut grips, color case hardened frame and loading lever and a square back trigger guard with the notorious Uberti blue finish.
Desirable Documented "U.S. DRAGOONS" Martially Marked Colt First Model Dragoon Percussion RevolverAround 7,000 First Model Dragoons were manufactured in 1848-1850, and they are important as one of the massive "horse pistols" manufactured by Colt following the famous Colt Walker revolvers of 1847. Like the other Dragoon models, they were used in the antebellum era on the frontier and also saw ...
When the 1st and 2nd Dragoons were converted to the 1st and 2nd U.S. Cavalry units during the Civil War, the term dragoon was dropped, although it still cropped up in army terminology even in modern times.
